Yaquina Head Light
by Marty Fancy
Title
Yaquina Head Light
Artist
Marty Fancy
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Photograph
Description
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States. It is located in Lincoln County, near the mouth of the Yaquina River near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet tall, and is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon. It was made in Paris in 1868 and shipped to Oregon, Yaquina Head Light was first lit August 20, 1873, and automated in 1966. Today, the fully automated first order Fresnel lens runs on commercial power.
Yaquina Head is also on the migration path of the Gray Whale, and they can be spotted quite easily in December and January as they migrate south to warmer waters in order to breed and give birth, and in March and April as they head to their feeding grounds up north in the Bering Sea.
Cobble Beach tidepools, named for the smooth, dark, rounded stones that cover the beach, offer some of the best tidepool exploration in the area.
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October 5th, 2015
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Tatiana Travelways 25 Days Ago
I'm delighted to feature your beautiful artwork on the front page gallery of the "Travel Art" group, at Fine Art America! Feel free and post it to our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/faatravelart
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